Summary:
Zip code 90814 has two K–5 elementary schools, both in Long Beach Unified: Burbank Elementary and Fremont Elementary. Their 2025–2026 results show a sharply divided picture: the state results fall between the schools in all three subjects, and Fremont scores above the state while Burbank scores below it. The most important finding is that the two schools’ results differ substantially, with Fremont ahead in every supplied subject and grade.
Fremont Elementary stands out for achievement: all-grades proficiency was 71% in English language arts (ELA), 65% in mathematics and 66% in science, compared with 39%, 33% and 22%, respectively, at Burbank Elementary. Those are school-to-school gaps of 32 percentage points in ELA, 32 in mathematics and 43 in science. Fremont was also above state results by 22 points in ELA, 26 in mathematics and 30 in science; Burbank was below by 10, 5 and 14 points. The biggest grade-level contrast was fifth-grade science: 66% at Fremont versus 22% at Burbank, against 35% statewide. Burbank’s closest result to the state was fifth-grade ELA, at 48% versus 49%.
Across the two years supplied, both schools’ ELA and science results declined, while mathematics moved in different directions: Burbank fell 3 points and Fremont rose 1 point. Meanwhile, state results rose in all three subjects, so the two-school average advantage over the state narrowed. SchoolDigger gives Fremont 4 stars and the 88th percentile ranking for 2025–2026, compared with Burbank’s 2 stars and 39th percentile; its rankings also fell from earlier years at both schools. Context measures differ, too: in 2024–2025, 82% of Burbank students and 39% of Fremont students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Burbank enrolled 538 students and had a 26.2:1 student–teacher ratio; Fremont enrolled 451 and had a 28.9:1 ratio. Burbank also had higher 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism, at 29% versus 15% at Fremont.
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